Releases October 18, 2016!
THE TO-DO LIST
Author: Sharon Struth
Published by: Solsbury
Hill Press
Release Date: October
18, 2016
SBN-10: 0-9979293-0-8
ISBN-13:
978-0-9979293-0-0
Relax, she’s got this…
Maggie
Harris has her ultra-organized life well in hand, until she finds her neighbor
and husband together, in her bed, and the tight hold she keeps on her world
unravels, leaving her grasping for an escape. So how can she refuse when she’s
handed the dream job of running her aunt’s bookstore and a chance for a fresh
start? Even though the bookstore is in Brockport, Connecticut, her former
hometown, and a place she’d vowed to leave behind forever.
When someone breaks into Maggie’s new business and leaves a threat on the wall, Detective Cooper Stanton is assigned the case. It’s been twenty years, but Coop hasn’t forgotten the way Maggie once charmed him at every turn—even with her controlling ways. This time, though, Coop refuses to let her seize the reins. What he doesn’t know is she plans to grab them anyway…and she’s got a secret she never shared.
When someone breaks into Maggie’s new business and leaves a threat on the wall, Detective Cooper Stanton is assigned the case. It’s been twenty years, but Coop hasn’t forgotten the way Maggie once charmed him at every turn—even with her controlling ways. This time, though, Coop refuses to let her seize the reins. What he doesn’t know is she plans to grab them anyway…and she’s got a secret she never shared.
5-Stars for The To-Do List!! "Ms. Struth has written a story filled with emotion, affection, angst and just enough mystery and humor... If I could, I would give this book ten stars!"
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Excerpt:
The door chimes
jingled, but Maggie kept working. “Forget something, Jax?”
“Excuse me.”
The smooth,
baritone voice stopped her mid-stroke. She’d never forgotten it. It belonged to
someone she’d thought had moved far away from Brockport. Someone she’d hoped
never to see again.
He cleared his
throat. “Is this your dog?”
Maggie slowly
turned around. Her mouth went dry at the sight of Cooper Stanton. A man she’d
once believed she loved. A man who’d rejected her.
“What are you
doing here?”
Roxy strained
to get away while he held her collar.
“Nice to see
you, too.” Coop’s lips wavered but didn’t reach a smile.
Cool and
distant. Same as the last time they’d been together, a night filled with
passion and anger.
She stepped
down the ladder. Hadn’t he moved away from town with hopes of becoming a major
league baseball star, a promise to put their small town on the map? She landed
on the scattered newspapers, avoiding the splattered paint.
Roxy whimpered.
Coop crouched at the dog’s side, keeping a firm grip on the chocolate colored mix
while he whispered words of assurance. He stroked the dog’s torso, his hand no longer
that of a teenage boy, but of a grown man, the fingers long and sturdy with
strong veins.
“So?” Coop
pried his adoring eyes off the canine and glanced at Maggie. “Is she yours or should
I keep looking for the owner?”
At the sound of
his voice, Roxy flipped back her head and dragged a saliva-coated tongue across
his cheek. He grinned. Coop always did like promiscuous women.
“Yes. She’s
mine.” Maggie brushed aside a few stray wisps of hair near her face, worked free
from a plastic headband, escaping like the decades-old hurt now ripping at her
heart.
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Author Bio:
Bestselling author Sharon Struth believes you’re never
too old to pursue a dream. When she’s not writing, she and her husband happily
sip their way through the scenic towns of the Connecticut Wine Trail.
The Hourglass (Etopia Press), her debut novel, is a
finalist in the National Readers' Choice Awards for Best First Book and winner
of the Chatelaine Award For Romantic Fiction. Her follow-up release, Share
the Moon (Kensington Publishing) is a Barnes & Noble Romance
Bestseller. The series also includes Twelve Nights (11/15), Harvest
Moon (12/15) and Bella Luna (2016).
She writes from Bethel, Connecticut, the friendliest place she’s
ever lived along with her husband and dogs. For more information, including
where to find her books and published essays, please visit www.sharonstruth.com
